Tender writing · NEC4 & MSA · Commercial management
What we do
Six things, all of them commercial. Take one of them or the lot — most work starts with a single tender or a single contract and widens from there.
Tender writing
Submissions written and structured so they actually compete — methodology, quality responses, social value — across utilities, civils, telecoms and construction.
Contract negotiation
Terms negotiated before signature, while the leverage still exists, rather than argued about afterwards.
NEC4 & MSA contract management
Early warnings, compensation events, programme and payment run properly — the administration that decides whether an NEC4 contract makes money or loses it.
Rate review & structuring
Rate cards rebuilt against what the work actually costs to deliver, so the jobs you win are jobs you can deliver at margin.
Risk-to-reward studies
Where the risk in a contract actually sits, who is carrying it, and what carrying it is worth — before you commit.
Profitability & business development
The commercial and pipeline strategy underneath all of it, for contractors who need a senior commercial head without the senior headcount.
How we work
Three shapes, depending on what you need. Cost depends on the contract, so we quote once we have seen it — and the first conversation costs nothing either way.
One bid
A single submission
You have a notice with a deadline. We write and structure the submission, or review and rebuild the one you have drafted. Priced per bid, agreed before we start.
One question
A review
A rate card, a contract you have been handed, or a risk position you are not comfortable with. Fixed piece of work, written findings at the end of it.
Ongoing
Retained commercial support
A senior commercial head across your pipeline and your live contracts, without the salary. Monthly, cancellable, scoped to the hours you actually need.
Who it's for
Smaller contractors and SMEs who need a tender written and structured properly so it actually competes against firms with a full bid team.
And larger organisations that need existing contracts, rates and risk positions reviewed, so they are not quietly losing margin on work they already hold.
A rate card set two years ago is a rate card built for a risk profile you may not be carrying anymore.
Free · 15 minutes · no pitch
Not sure which of those you need?
Fifteen minutes, not an hour — long enough to be useful, short enough that you will actually book it. Pick a slot and it lands in both diaries.
What we cover
- What you are bidding for, or the contract you have been handed.
- Where we think the real risk sits in it.
- Whether it is worth your time — including if the answer is no.
What you leave with
- A straight read on whether that tender is winnable for a firm your size.
- The two or three things that would sink the submission if left alone.
- A price for the work, if you want one. No pressure to take it.
Bring the notice reference or the contract if you have one — fifteen minutes goes a lot further when we can look at the actual document.
Pick a time →Not sure which of those you need?
Send the notice, the contract or the rate card and we will tell you what we would do with it. No charge for that part.